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Scot Field was left unconscious and bleeding after the shower screen door exploded. Picture: Sarah FieldSource:Supplied

A couple’s dream honeymoon was ruined after an exploding shower door knocked the husband unconscious, leaving him bleeding on the floor.

Sarah, 37, and Scot Field, 39, were in Tunisia on holiday with their four children Emma, 16, Oliver, 13, Jack, 7, and Josh, 2.

On the penultimate day of their $5470 honeymoon at Sahara Beach Hotel, Mr Field was knocked unconscious by the glass shower door, which exploded while he was in the bathroom.

“I was having a shower and water got underneath the bottom of the door and it came away as the screen was literally held in by silicon,” he told Sun Online Travel.

Scot Field was left unconscious and bleeding after the shower screen door exploded. Picture: Sarah FieldSource:Supplied

“All of a sudden it smashed, hit me on the head and knocked me out.”

In her complaint to travel company Thomas Cook, his wife Sarah said: “He lost consciousness, had two fits and had to be taken to hospital to have all the glass removed from his body and an operation on his wrist to remove a particularly deep shard.”

The ambulance only arrived after Mrs Field called Thomas Cook for help numerous times, as the hotel staff were “useless” at helping, offering no assistance.

He was in the bathroom when the door shattered. Picture: Sarah FieldSource:Supplied

Mr Field was rushed to hospital with the help of some friends they met at the resort as Mrs Field was “in bits” at the time.

After arriving at a private hospital, staff then refused to help until they gave them money for the treatment.

“I stayed a good few hours and they wouldn’t touch me until I paid them money,” Mr Field said. “They wouldn’t help even while I was bleeding. Instead of picking the glass out they were rubbing it into my skin.”

Their two-year-old son Jack now refuses to use bathrooms with glass doors. Picture: Sarah FieldSource:Supplied

“Even my friends said, ‘What were you doing?’”

They were forced to pay out upfront for the treatment and claim it back later on their travel insurance, costing them $182 in excess charges.

Doctors removed some of the glass and stitched up Mr Field’s wounds.

However, the hotel accused him of being under the influence of alcohol and running into the glass door, causing it to smash.

“The hospital reported that I wasn’t drunk,” he said.

Scot was taken to hospital where he was given stitches for the wounds. Picture: Sarah FieldSource:Supplied

The glass cut Scot on his entire body after knocking him out. Picture: Sarah FieldSource:Supplied

The hotel even tried to charge the family to replace the glass door that smashed, with staff failing to clean it up despite them asking a number of times.

“They actually held up the blood soaked towels and asked if they needed to change those too and then got really annoyed when we said, ‘Yes’,” Mrs Field said.

Thankfully Mr Field was released after a few hours and the family were able to fly home the next day as planned.